Tetrahedron Letters

Enone synthesis via α-pyridylseleno carbonyl compounds

A Toshimitsu, H Owada, S Uemura, M Okano

Index: Toshimitsu, Akio; Owada, Hiroto; Uemura, Sakae; Okano, Masaya Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 20 p. 2105 - 2108

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Abstract

Abstract Oxidative elimination of α-pyridylseleno carbonyl compounds affords enones in excellent yields, providing an improved method for dehydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes. These results indicate that pyridylseleno group is a better leaving group than phenylseleno group in selenoxide elimination leading to enones.